2013 First Quarter Report I Important Notice The board of directors (the “Board”), the supervisory committee (the “Supervisory Committee”) and the directors (the “Directors”), supervisors (the “Supervisors”) and senior management (the “Senior Management”) of the Company hereby warrant that the contents of the quarterly report are true, accurate and complete and there are no false representations, misleading statements or material omissions, and jointly and severally accept liability. Chen Hongguo, head of the Company, Wang Chunfang, head in charge of accounting and Dong Lianming, head of the accounting department (Accounting Officer), declare that they warrant the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the financial statements in the quarterly report. All Directors were present at the Board meeting to consider and approve this quarterly report. — 1— II Major financial data and change of shareholders 1. Major financial data Retrospective adjustment to or restatement of the financial data of prior reporting periods □ Yes √ No Increase/decrease compared to the corresponding period of the January - March 2013 January - March 2012 prior year (%) Revenue (RMB) 4,923,810,623.61 4,752,308,236.25 3.61% Net profit attributable to shareholders of the Company (RMB) 71,411,642.71 15,369,632.83 364.63% Net profit after extraordinary gains or losses attributable to shareholders of the Company (RMB) 14,781,161.08 -101,293,049.61 114.59% Net cash flows from operating activities (RMB) 280,787,686.38 -281,719,304.77 199.67% Basic earnings per share (RMB per share) 0.03 0.0075 300.00% Diluted earnings per share (RMB per share) 0.03 0.0075 300.00% Weighted average rate of return on net assets (%) 0.52% 0.11% 0.41% Increase/decrease compared to the corresponding period of the 31 March 2013 31 December 2012 prior year (%) Total assets (RMB) 47,928,040,304.05 47,725,421,927.39 0.42% Net assets attributable to shareholders of the Company (RMB) 13,831,296,815.25 13,759,496,179.85 0.52% — 2— Extraordinary gains or losses items and amounts √ Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB Am ounts for the period from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting Item period Note Gain or loss from disposal of non-current assets (including write-off of provision for assets impairment) -5,842,783.44 Government grants (except for government grants closely related to the normal operation of the company and granted constantly at a fixed amount or quantity in accordance with a certain standard based on state policies) recognised in profit or loss for the current period 32,597,491.37 Gain or loss from debt restructuring 39,984.11 Non-operating gains and losses other than the above items 33,860,076.97 Effect of income tax 4,265,610.33 Effect of minority interests (after tax) -241,322.95 Total 56,630,481.63 — — 3— II. Total number of shareholders and the shareholding of the top ten shareholders as at the end of the reporting period Unit: share Total number of shareholders as at the end of the reporting period 151,992 Shareholding of the top ten shareholders Share pledged Percentage Number of or locked-up of Number restricted Status Nature of shareholding of shares shares of Name of shareholders shareholders (%) held held shares Number HKSCC NOMINEES Overseas legal 18.90% 389,766,000 0 0 LIMITED person SHOUGUANG CHENMING State-owned 10.01% 206,403,657 0 0 HOLDINGS COMPANY legal person LIMITED Agreed repurchase earmarked Domestic 4.20% 86,600,000 0 0 account at GF non-state-owned SECURITIES CO., LTD. legal person PLATINUM ASIA FUND Overseas legal 1.57% 32,341,052 0 0 person BILL & MELINDA GATES Overseas legal 1.34% 27,724,435 0 0 FOUNDATION TRUST person BANK OF Domestic 0.71% 14,621,199 0 0 COMMUNICATIONS - non-state-owned HUAAN BAOLI legal person ALLOCATION FUND GE ASSET MANAGEMENT Overseas legal 0.52% 10,806,649 0 0 FUNDS PLC — GEAM person CHINA A SHARE FUND BBH A/C VANGUARD Overseas legal 0.46% 9,413,973 0 0 EMERGING MARKETS person STOCK INDEX FUND Jin Xing Domestic natural 0.39% 8,013,600 0 0 person Chen Hongguo Domestic natural 0.31% 6,334,527 4,750,895 0 person — 4— Shareholding of the top ten shareholders of non-restricted shares Number of non-restricted Class of shares Name of shareholders shares held Class of shares Number HKSCC NOMINEES LIMITED 389,766,000 Overseas listed 389,766,000 foreign shares SHOUGUANG CHENMING 206,403,657 RMB ordinary 206,403,657 HOLDINGS COMPANY shares LIMITED Agreed repurchase earmarked 86,600,000 RMB ordinary 86,600,000 account at GF SECURITIES CO., shares LTD. PLATINUM ASIA FUND 32,341,052 Overseas listed 32,341,052 foreign shares BILL & MELINDA GATES 27,724,435 RMB ordinary 27,724,435 FOUNDATION TRUST shares BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS - 14,621,199 RMB ordinary 14,621,199 HUAAN BAOLI ALLOCATION shares FUND GE ASSET MANAGEMENT 10,806,649 RMB ordinary 10,806,649 FUNDS PLC — GEAM CHINA A shares SHARE FUND BBH A/C VANGUARD 9,413,973 Overseas listed 9,413,973 EMERGING MARKETS STOCK foreign shares INDEX FUND Jin Xing 8,013,600 RMB ordinary 2,137,600 shares Overseas listed 5,876,000 foreign shares CAISSE DE DPT ET 6,138,193 RMB ordinary 6,138,193 PLACEMENT DU QUBEC shares Connected relationship or Shouguang Chenming Holdings Company Limited, a concert-party relationship among state-owned legal person shareholder, is not connected the above shareholders with any of the shareholders above. It is not a person acting in concert under Administration of Disclosure of Information on the Change of Shareholdings in Listed Companies Procedures. Save for the above, any other holders of non-restricted shares are not known to be persons acting in concert and any other holders of non-restricted shares are also not known to be connected with each other. — 5— III Material matters I. Details of and reasons for significant changes of major accounting statement items and financial indicators during the reporting period (I) Analysis of the assets and liabilities of the Company Unit: RMB Reasons Item 31 March 2013 31 December 2012 Change for change Bills receivable 2,647,378,513.74 1,852,478,364.46 42.91% (1) Construction in progress 2,871,101,492.68 5,017,604,821.59 -42.78% (2) Construction materials 119,096,404.82 75,054,992.09 58.68% (3) Bills payable 1,800,482,419.72 1,285,627,762.07 40.05% (4) Interest payable 191,040,709.83 133,046,123.31 43.59% (5) Other payables 737,751,580.36 435,772,288.98 69.30% (6) Other non-current liabilities 1,482,583,307.12 2,560,151,371.36 -42.09% (7) Explanation of the reasons leading to the major changes: (1) Bills receivable increased by 42.91% mainly due to an increase in sales proceeds and an increase in bills receivables; (2) Construction in progress decreased by 42.78% mainly due to the reclassification of the white coated linerboard project into fixed assets upon completion; (3) Construction materials increased by 58.68% mainly due to an increase in construction materials arising from the relocation of Jilin Chenming; (4) Bills payable increased by 40.05% mainly due to an increase in bank acceptance bills issued by the Company for payment for goods; (5) Interest payable increased by 43.59% mainly due to an increase in the interest payable for corporate bonds by the Company; (6) Other payables increased by 69.30% mainly due to an increase in the payables in the ordinary course of business of the Company; (7) Other non-current liabilities decreased by 42.09% mainly due to a decrease of expired medium-term notes of the Company. — 6— (II) Reasons for significant year on year changes of income statement items during the reporting period Unit: RMB Reasons Item January - March 2013 January - March 2012 Change for change Loss on impairment of assets -5,070,294.78 16,217,270.12 -131.26% (1) Investment income -61,544.44 -4,353,187.94 98.59% (2) Non-operating income 75,195,949.69 143,388,638.82 -47.56% (3) Non-operating expenses 8,033,514.35 2,785,624.13 188.39% (4) Total profit 76,959,596.09 -31,706,117.62 342.73% (5) Income tax expenses 12,445,693.81 -5,074,884.91 345.24% (6) Net profit attributable to shareholders of the Company 71,411,642.71 15,369,632.83 364.63% (7) Minority interests -6,897,740.43 -42,000,865.54 83.58% (8) Explanation of the reasons leading to the major changes: (1) Loss on impairment of assets decreased by 131.26% mainly due to fewer bad debts provisions as compared to the corresponding period of the prior year as a result of an increase in the accounts receivable management by the Company; (2) Investment loss decreased by 98.59% mainly due to a decrease in the investment loss from associates; (3) Non-operating income decreased by 47.56% mainly due to a decrease in government grants received during the current period; (4) Non-operating expenses increased by 188.39% mainly due to an increase in the net loss on disposal of assets in respect of the relocation of Jilin Chenming; (5) Total profit, income tax expenses, net profit attributable to shareholders of the Company and minority interests increased by 342.73%, 345.24%, 364.63% and 83.58% respectively mainly due to ① an increase in the gross profit margin of the products of the Company as the Company had increased the price of certain products to various degrees when the products market of the Company had turned around and ② the affection by the slowdown in macroeconomic growth and the intense competition in the industry, the realised profit and the tax expenses of the Company were low in the first quarter of 2012. — 7— (III) Analysis of cash flows during the reporting period Unit: RMB Am ounts for the corresponding Am ounts for the period of Item period the prior year Change Net cash flows from operating activities 280,787,686.38 -281,719,304.77 199.67% Net cash flows from investment activities -235,926,556.72 -587,845,287.96 59.87% Net cash flows generated from financial activities -1,277,205,415.73 -185,783,342.04 -587.47% Explanation of the reasons leading to the major changes: (1) Net cash flows from operating activities increased by 199.67% mainly due to more cash received upon sale of goods as a result of an increase in the efforts of the Company made in two fund managements; (2) Net cash flows from investment activities increased by 59.87% mainly due to the external investments made by Shanghai Runchen Equity Investment Fund Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company, during the corresponding period of the prior year; (3) Net cash flows from financial activities decreased by 587.47% mainly due to the repayment for the due medium-term notes during the current period. — 8— II. Progress in respect to material matters and analysis of the related effects and solutions 1 Progress of B shares repurchase On 12 December 2012, the Company convened the third extraordinary general meeting, domestic listed share (A share and B share) class meeting and overseas listed share (H share) class meeting, which passed the resolutions with respect to the B shares repurchase of the Company, respectively. On 26 February 2013, Shenzhen Stock Exchange approved the B shares repurchase by the Company. The Company published announcements on shares repurchase report and the repurchase of shares has commenced. As of the 10 trading days before the publication of this report, the accumulated number of B shares repurchased by the Company was 20,930,808 shares, representing 1.0151% of the total share capital of the Company. The highest and lowest purchase price were HK$3.58 per share and HK$3.38 per share, respectively. The total amount paid was HK$73,527,994.25 (inclusive of stamp duty and commission). 2 Recognition as high-tech enterprise During the reporting period, both the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Jiangxi Chenming, were recognised as high-tech enterprises upon re- examination by the related authorities. During the valid period, the Company and Jiangxi Chenming continue to be entitled to the country’s related preferential policies for high-tech enterprises and will be taxed at an enterprise income tax rate of 15%. For details, please refer to the related announcement of the Company disclosed on 3 April 2013. III. Undertakings made by the Company and shareholders interested in 5% or m ore of the shares of the Company made in the reporting period or subsisting to the reporting period Party involved in Time of Duration of Undertaking undertaking Details of undertaking undertaking undertaking Implementation Undertaking on shareholding structure reformation Undertaking made in offering documents or shareholding alternation documents Undertaking made during asset reconstruction — 9— Party involved in Time of Duration of Undertaking undertaking Details of undertaking undertaking undertaking Implementation Undertaking made on Shouguang (1) According to the plan on 16 January 2008 The term is not Strictly initial public offering Chenming defective properties of the specified when performed or refinancing Holdings Company, Shouguang H shares are Company Chenming Holdings issued. Limited, the Company Limited has controlling guaranteed and undertaken shareholder that: according to the of the application of the Company, Company for defective property(ies) owned by the Company and its holding company which situated in the administrative area of Shouguang city, Shouguang Chenming Holdings will purchase it (them) and have it (them) being transferred to itself pursuant to the law in accordance with the result of the related asset valuation if the Company decides to transfer and dispose of it (them) and there is no other transferee; (2) before the Company transfers and disposes of the defective properties pursuant to the law, if the defects cause the Company to incur any economic losses (including but not limited to damages, penalties and relocation costs), Shouguang Chenming Holdings will bear such economic losses; (3) during the corrective activities taken to the defective properties of buildings and land of subsidiaries of the Company situated outside the local areas (including the administrative area of Shouguang city), the economic losses such as penalties or relocation costs implemented by competent administrative authorities and borne by the subsidiaries arising from defects of insufficient title documents shall be paid pursuant to the law by Shouguang Chenming Holdings after verification. — 10 — Party involved in Time of Duration of Undertaking undertaking Details of undertaking undertaking undertaking Implementation Shouguang (1) Shouguang Chenming 22 May 2008 The term is not Strictly Chenming Holdings shall not engage, specified when performed Holdings whether solely, jointly, or by H shares are Company representing itself or any issued. Limited, the other persons or companies, controlling and shall not procure its shareholder associates (as defined in The of the Listing Rules of Hong Kong Company Stock Exchange) to engage, in any business which competes with the business of the Company and its subsidiaries (“Chenming Group” or “we”) directly or indirectly, in any country and region which our business exists (or any part of the world if in any form of electronics business), or in any business that directly or indirectly competes with Chenming Group’s business which we operate from time to time (including but not limited to any business in the form of sole proprietorship, joint ventures or acquisitions, or holding interests directly or indirectly in such enterprises, or by any other means); (2) in the event that Shouguang Chenming Holdings is required by its business to, whether solely, jointly, or by representing itself or any other persons or companies, engage in business which directly or indirectly competes against — 11 — Party involved in Time of Duration of Undertaking undertaking Details of undertaking undertaking undertaking Implementation Chenming Group’s business, or obtain any business opportunity which directly or indirectly competes against Chenming Group’s business, it shall endeavour to procure that Chenming Group shall have priority to obtain the right to operate such business or to obtain such business opportunity; (3) if Shouguang Chenming Holdings is in breach of the abovementioned undertakings, it shall indemnify us for any loss caused by such breach and the Company shall have the right to acquire all businesses of Shouguang Chenming Holdings, which directly or indirectly compete with the businesses of our Group, at market price or cost price (whichever price is lower); (4) Shouguang Chenming Holdings shall not make use of its position as the controlling shareholder (as defined in The Listing Rules of Hong Kong Stock Exchange) of our Group (or jointly or representing other persons or companies) jeopardise the legal interests of Chenming Group and its shareholders. Other undertakings made to minority shareholders of the Company — 12 — Is the undertaking Yes performed in time? Specific reasons for Strictly performed non-performance and further plans Whether or not Yes undertaking in respect of the resultant competition in the industry and the resultant connected transactions is made Settlement period for The term is not specified when H shares are issued. undertaking Solution Being implemented Performance of Strictly performed undertaking IV. Estimate of the operating results for January - June 2013 Warning of cumulative net profit for the period from the beginning of the year to the end of the next reporting period being projected to be at a loss or expected to have material changes as compared year on year and its explanation □ Applicable √ Not applicable V. Registration report on reception of research investigations, communications and interviews during the reporting period Main topics of Class of discussion and Date of Place of Manner of Parties Parties information reception reception reception accommodated accommodated provided — 13 — IV Financial statements I. Financial statements 1. Consolidated balance sheet Prepared by: Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Unit: RMB Item Closing balance Opening balance CURRENT ASSETS: Monetary funds 3,757,594,125.95 4,456,217,362.86 Balances with clearing companies Loans to banks and other financial institutions Held-for-trading financial assets Bills receivable 2,647,378,513.74 1,852,478,364.46 Accounts receivable 3,337,174,706.92 3,602,955,051.18 Prepayments 1,590,841,039.20 1,636,233,924.64 Premium receivable Receivables from reinsurers Reinsurance contract reserves receivable Interest receivable Dividend receivable Other receivables 1,284,110,667.35 1,284,655,342.63 Financial assets purchased under agreements to resell Inventories 4,608,898,314.95 4,412,548,700.68 Non-current assets due within one year Other current assets 1,760,747,104.90 1,803,256,307.61 Total current assets 18,986,744,473.01 19,048,345,054.06 NON-CURRENT ASSETS: Entrusted loans and advances to customers Available-for-sale financial assets Held-to-maturity investments Long-term receivables Long-term equity investments 356,735,233.34 356,796,777.78 Investment properties 20,777,135.98 21,211,699.99 Fixed assets 21,989,081,687.73 19,751,339,991.06 Construction in progress 2,871,101,492.68 5,017,604,821.59 Construction materials 119,096,404.82 75,054,992.09 — 14 — Item Closing balance Opening balance Disposal of fixed assets 309,883,790.39 287,309,818.03 Consumable biological assets 1,205,931,192.49 1,169,269,054.15 Oil and gas assets Intangible assets 1,433,173,629.11 1,416,497,159.22 Development expenditure Goodwill 20,283,787.17 20,283,787.17 Long-term prepaid expenses 198,170,744.25 184,770,685.65 Deferred income tax assets 417,060,733.08 376,938,086.60 Other non-current assets Total non-current assets 28,941,295,831.04 28,677,076,873.33 Total assets 47,928,040,304.05 47,725,421,927.39 CURRENT LIABILITIES: Short-term borrowings 13,551,395,184.19 12,876,398,495.16 Borrowings from the central bank Customer bank deposits and due to banks and other financial institutions Placements from banks and other financial institutions Held-for-trading financial liabilities Bills payable 1,800,482,419.72 1,285,627,762.07 Accounts payable 3,118,147,358.90 3,239,781,724.81 Advance receipts 347,545,163.92 347,835,800.87 Assets sold under agreements to repurchase Handling charges and commission payable Staff remuneration payables 164,787,449.09 177,847,769.71 Taxes payable 94,475,776.80 106,816,413.87 Interest payable 191,040,709.83 133,046,123.31 Dividend payable Other payables 737,751,580.36 435,772,288.98 Due to reinsurers Insurance contract reserves Customer brokerage deposits Securities underwriting brokerage deposits Non-current liabilities due within one year 1,415,338,400.00 1,368,108,800.00 Other current liabilities 18,452,228.56 17,659,498.56 Total current liabilities 21,439,416,271.37 19,988,894,677.34 — 15 — Item Closing balance Opening balance NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES: Long-term borrowings 3,676,239,835.94 3,933,167,835.94 Bonds payable 6,259,191,064.84 6,256,263,237.00 Long-term payable Special payable 598,918,796.76 641,526,872.70 Estimated liabilities Deferred income tax liabilities Other non-current liabilities 1,482,583,307.12 2,560,151,371.36 Total non-current liabilities 12,016,933,004.66 13,391,109,317.00 TOTAL LIABILITIES 33,456,349,276.03 33,380,003,994.34 OWNERS’ EQUITY (OR SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY): Paid-up capital (or share capital) 2,062,045,941.00 2,062,045,941.00 Capital reserves 6,414,892,999.53 6,414,892,999.53 Less: treasury shares Special reserves Surplus reserves 1,132,116,106.40 1,132,116,106.40 General risk provisions Retained profit 4,220,923,570.59 4,149,511,927.88 Differences in foreign currency conversion 1,318,197.73 929,205.04 Total equity attributable to equity holders of the Company 13,831,296,815.25 13,759,496,179.85 Minority interests 640,394,212.77 585,921,753.20 Total owners’ equity (or shareholders’ equity) 14,471,691,028.02 14,345,417,933.05 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND OWNERS’ EQUITY (OR SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY) 47,928,040,304.05 47,725,421,927.39 Legal Representative: Head in charge of Head of the financial Chen Hongguo accounting: department: Wang Chunfang Dong Lianming — 16 — 2. Balance sheet of the Company Prepared by: Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Unit: RMB Item Closing balance Opening balance CURRENT ASSETS: Monetary funds 2,178,740,286.95 3,057,756,467.02 Held-for-trading financial assets Bills receivable 2,314,682,756.55 2,592,967,374.30 Accounts receivable 1,895,155,447.44 342,497,381.57 Prepayments 853,635,180.67 646,962,478.93 Interest receivable Dividend receivable 534,429,705.11 512,215,933.76 Other receivables 9,321,501,627.19 9,232,778,999.32 Inventories 1,101,506,072.61 937,107,565.73 Non-current assets due within one year 200,000,000.00 500,000,000.00 Other current assets 55,800,670.30 62,260,013.84 Total current assets 18,455,451,746.82 17,884,546,214.47 NON-CURRENT ASSETS: Available-for-sale financial assets Held-to-maturity investments Entrusted loans 300,000,000.00 Long-term equity investments 9,069,600,244.39 8,991,578,553.83 Investment property 20,777,135.98 21,211,699.99 Fixed assets 4,910,978,142.38 5,006,474,783.75 Construction in progress 575,888,482.28 513,157,612.96 Construction materials 1,341,641.68 2,536,053.61 Disposal of fixed assets Productive biological assets Oil and gas assets Intangible assets 314,434,495.98 313,572,418.35 Development expenses Goodwill Long-term prepaid expenses Deferred income tax assets 20,208,395.67 21,517,455.45 Other non-current assets Total non-current assets 15,213,228,538.36 14,870,048,577.94 TOTAL ASSETS 33,668,680,285.18 32,754,594,792.41 — 17 — Item Closing balance Opening balance CURRENT LIABILITIES: Short-term borrowings 9,042,947,454.20 7,847,558,953.68 Held-for-trading financial liabilities Bills payable 556,062,044.69 643,432,387.04 Accounts payable 1,373,335,804.11 1,044,590,466.45 Advance receipts 351,714,075.81 417,522,231.17 Staff remuneration payables 97,737,038.59 101,268,730.42 Taxes payable 27,038,162.85 25,109,370.51 Interest payable 184,212,861.17 129,893,611.11 Dividend payable Other payables 736,787,424.27 255,596,331.72 Non-current liabilities due within one year 413,747,400.00 514,843,000.00 Other current liabilities 2,328,791.64 2,328,791.64 Total current liabilities 12,785,911,057.33 10,982,143,873.74 NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES: Long-term borrowings 451,448,035.94 352,112,035.94 Bonds payable 5,762,255,085.13 5,760,200,575.93 Long-term payables Special payables Estimated liabilities Deferred income tax liabilities Other non-current liabilities 1,115,860,362.60 2,214,846,544.38 Total non-current liabilities 7,329,563,483.67 8,327,159,156.25 Total liabilities 20,115,474,541.00 19,309,303,029.99 OWNERS’ EQUITY (OR SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY): Paid-up capital (or share capital) 2,062,045,941.00 2,062,045,941.00 Capital reserves 6,184,215,988.77 6,184,215,988.77 Less: treasury shares Special reserves Surplus reserves 1,119,926,524.49 1,119,926,524.49 General risk provisions Retained profit 4,187,017,289.92 4,079,103,308.16 Differences in foreign currency conversion Total owners’ equity (or Shareholders’ equity) 13,553,205,744.18 13,445,291,762.42 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND OWNERS’ EQUITY (OR SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY) 33,668,680,285.18 32,754,594,792.41 Legal Representative: Head in charge of Head of the financial Chen Hongguo accounting: department: Wang Chunfang Dong Lianming — 18 — 3. Consolidated income statement Prepared by: Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Unit: RMB Am ounts for the Am ounts for the Item current period prior period I. Total operating revenue 4,923,810,623.61 4,752,308,236.25 Including: Revenue 4,923,810,623.61 4,752,308,236.25 Interest income Earned premium Handling charges and commission income II. Total operating costs 4,913,951,918.42 4,920,264,180.62 Including: Operating costs 4,128,552,799.42 4,100,359,085.69 Interest expenses Handling charges and commission expenses Surrenders Net claims paid Net change in insurance contract reserves Policyholder dividend expenses Expenses for reinsurance accepted Business taxes and surcharges 17,772,499.02 16,516,766.94 Selling and distribution expenses 258,765,041.02 231,926,186.00 General and administrative expenses 247,016,598.02 290,620,479.68 Finance expenses 266,915,275.72 264,624,392.19 Loss on impairment of assets -5,070,294.78 16,217,270.12 Plus: Gain on change in fair value (“-” denotes loss) Investment income (“-” denotes loss) -61,544.44 -4,353,187.94 Including: Investment income from associates and joint ventures -61,544.44 -4,353,187.94 Foreign exchange gains (“-” denotes loss) — 19 — Am ounts for the Am ounts for the Item current period prior period III. Operating profit (“-” denotes loss) 9,797,160.75 -172,309,132.31 Plus: Non-operating income 75,195,949.69 143,388,638.82 Less: Non-operating expenses 8,033,514.35 2,785,624.13 Including: Loss on disposal of non-current assets 6,384,949.31 696,533.29 IV. Total profit (“-” denotes total loss) 76,959,596.09 -31,706,117.62 Less: Income tax expenses 12,445,693.81 -5,074,884.91 V. Net profit (“-” denotes net loss) 64,513,902.28 -26,631,232.71 Including: Net profit achieved by the acquiree before business combination Net profit attributable to shareholders of the Company 71,411,642.71 15,369,632.83 Minority interests -6,897,740.43 -42,000,865.54 VI. Earnings per share: — — (I) Basic earnings per share 0.03 0.0075 (II) Diluted earnings per share 0.03 0.0075 VII. Other comprehensive income 388,992.69 444,291.64 VIII.Total comprehensive income 64,902,894.97 -26,186,941.07 Total comprehensive income attributable to shareholders of the Company 71,800,635.40 15,813,924.47 Total comprehensive income attributable to minority interests -6,897,740.43 -42,000,865.54 Legal Representative: Head in charge of Head of the financial Chen Hongguo accounting: department: Wang Chunfang Dong Lianming — 20 — 4. Income statement of the Company Prepared by: Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Unit: RMB Am ounts for the Am ounts for the Item current period prior period I. Revenue 2,501,866,894.08 2,016,506,036.27 Less: Operating costs 2,074,927,777.28 1,717,240,795.33 Business taxes and surcharges 10,986,327.88 11,789,305.11 Selling and distribution expenses 73,221,035.04 51,684,955.34 General and administrative expenses 138,614,841.83 131,061,471.84 Finance expenses 146,183,864.33 126,068,992.41 Loss on impairment of assets 2,114,559.70 -4,476,924.48 Plus: Gain on change in fair value (“-” denotes loss) Investment income (“-” denotes loss) 38,468,626.91 4,172,616.51 Including: Investment income from associates and joint ventures -61,544.44 -4,353,187.94 II. Operating profit (“-” denotes loss) 94,287,114.93 -12,689,942.77 Plus: Non-operating income 21,413,134.01 119,849,253.98 Less: Non-operating expenses 19,104.24 38,640.30 Including: Loss on disposal of non-current assets III. Total profit (“-” denotes total loss) 115,681,144.70 107,120,670.91 Less: Income tax expenses 7,767,162.94 12,285,918.22 IV. Net profit (“-” denotes net loss) 107,913,981.76 94,834,752.69 V.Earnings per share: — — (I) Basic earnings per share 0.05 0.05 (II) Diluted earnings per share 0.05 0.05 VI. Other comprehensive income VII. Total comprehensive income 107,913,981.76 94,834,752.69 Legal Representative: Head in charge of Head of the financial Chen Hongguo accounting: department: Wang Chunfang Dong Lianming — 21 — 5. Consolidated cash flow statement Prepared by: Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Unit: RMB Am ounts for the Am ounts for the Item current period prior period I. Cash flows from operating activities: Cash received from sales of goods and rendering of services 3,745,148,352.92 2,570,906,269.83 Net increase in customer bank deposits and due to banks and other financial institutions Net increase in borrowings from the central bank Net increase in placements from other financial institutions Cash received from premiums under original insurance contracts Net cash received from reinsurance business Net increase in deposits from policyholders Net increase from disposal of held-for-trading financial assets Cash received from interest, handling charges and commissions Net increase in placements from banks and other financial institutions Net capital increase of repurchase business Tax rebates received 6,507,666.33 Cash received relating to other operating activities 135,101,295.02 177,801,899.75 Subtotal of cash inflows from operating activities 3,886,757,314.27 2,748,708,169.58 Cash paid for goods and services 3,025,224,912.12 2,341,911,556.91 Net increase in loans and advances to customers Net increase in deposits with the central bank and other financial institutions Cash paid for claims under original insurance contracts — 22 — Am ounts for the Am ounts for the Item current period prior period Cash paid for interest, handling charges and commission Cash paid for policyholder dividend Cash paid to and for employees 211,241,085.50 220,123,999.70 Payments of taxes and surcharges 243,282,874.32 269,015,215.20 Cash paid relating to other operating activities 126,220,755.95 199,376,702.54 Subtotal of cash outflows from operating activities 3,605,969,627.89 3,030,427,474.35 Net cash flows from operating activities 280,787,686.38 -281,719,304.77 II. Cash flows from investing activities: Cash received from investments Cash received from investment income Net cash received from disposal of fixed assets, intangible assets and other long-term assets 87,447.58 Net cash received from disposal of subsidiaries and other business units Cash received relating to other investment activities 40,203,980.70 Subtotal of cash inflows from investment activities 87,447.58 40,203,980.70 Cash paid for purchase of fixed assets, intangible assets and other long-term assets 236,014,004.30 323,049,268.66 Cash paid on investments 305,000,000.00 Net increase in pledged loans Net cash paid for acquisition of subsidiaries and other business units Cash paid relating to other investment activities Subtotal of cash outflows from investment activities 236,014,004.30 628,049,268.66 Net cash flows from investment activities -235,926,556.72 -587,845,287.96 — 23 — Am ounts for the Am ounts for the Item current period prior period III. Cash flows from financial activities: Cash received from capital contribution 66,000,000.00 Including: cash received from minority interest contribution to subsidiaries Cash received from borrowings 5,225,613,469.09 5,007,370,206.49 Cash received from bond issue Cash received relating to other financial activities Subtotal of cash inflows from financial activities 5,291,613,469.09 5,007,370,206.49 Cash repayments of amounts borrowed 4,756,587,751.21 4,815,402,193.04 Cash paid for dividend and profit distribution or interest payment 126,163,715.81 141,509,329.30 Including: dividend and profit paid to minority interests by subsidiaries Cash paid relating to other financial activities 1,686,067,417.80 236,242,026.19 Subtotal of cash outflows from financial activities 6,568,818,884.82 5,193,153,548.53 Net cash flows from financial activities -1,277,205,415.73 -185,783,342.04 IV. Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents -1,856,368.64 -414,473.83 V. Net increase in cash and cash equivalents -1,234,200,654.71 -1,055,762,408.60 Plus: Balance of cash and cash equivalents as at the beginning of the period 2,343,550,185.45 2,317,048,619.53 VI. Balance of cash and cash equivalents as at the end of the period 1,109,349,530.74 1,261,286,210.93 Legal Representative: Head in charge of Head of the financial Chen Hongguo accounting: department: Wang Chunfang Dong Lianming — 24 — 6. Cash flow statement of the Company Prepared by: Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Unit: RMB Am ounts for the Am ounts for the Item current period prior period I. Cash flows from operating activities: Cash received from sales of goods and rendering of services 2,278,102,776.22 1,183,863,960.99 Tax rebates received Cash received relating to other operating activities 34,113,690.48 119,530,481.18 Subtotal of cash inflows from operating activities 2,312,216,466.70 1,303,394,442.17 Cash paid for goods and services 1,341,433,481.16 1,130,269,044.25 Cash paid to and for employees 73,609,876.19 68,124,348.15 Payments of taxes and surcharges 128,754,932.37 182,384,463.17 Cash paid relating to other operating activities 1,493,746,466.45 303,073,623.77 Subtotal of cash outflows from operating activities 3,037,544,756.17 1,683,851,479.34 Net cash outflows from operating activities -725,328,289.47 -380,457,037.17 II. Cash flows from investment activities: Cash received from investments 50,000,000.00 Cash received from investment income 20,612,500.00 8,825,194.45 Net cash received from disposal of fixed assets, intangible assets and other long-term assets 86,922.24 Net cash received from disposal of subsidiaries and other business units Cash received relating to other investment activities Subtotal of cash inflows from investment activities 20,699,422.24 58,825,194.45 Cash paid for purchase of fixed assets, intangible assets and other long-term assets 10,516,416.19 3,528,995.61 Cash paid on investments 78,083,235.00 9,465,450.00 — 25 — Am ounts for the Am ounts for the Item current period prior period Net cash paid for acquisition of subsidiaries and other business units Cash paid relating to other investment activities Subtotal of cash outflows from investment activities 88,599,651.19 12,994,445.61 Net cash flows from investment activities -67,900,228.95 45,830,748.84 III. Cash flows from financial activities: Cash received from capital contribution Cash received from borrowings 3,821,613,974.44 2,637,231,040.20 Cash received from bond issue Cash received relating to other financial activities Subtotal of cash inflows from financial activities 3,821,613,974.44 2,637,231,040.20 Cash repayments of amounts borrowed 2,654,354,114.96 2,715,519,514.13 Cash paid for dividend and profit distribution or interest payment 104,193,154.63 95,330,724.52 Cash paid relating to other financial activities 1,827,433,967.31 364,674,036.03 Subtotal of cash outflows from financial activities 4,585,981,236.90 3,175,524,274.68 Net cash flows from financial activities -764,367,262.46 -538,293,234.48 IV. Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 1,635,633.50 -108,753.43 V. Net increase in cash and cash equivalents -1,555,960,147.38 -873,028,276.24 Plus: Balance of cash and cash equivalents as at the beginning of the period 1,786,622,854.08 1,290,039,078.57 VI. Balance of cash and cash equivalents as at the end of the period 230,662,706.70 417,010,802.33 Legal Representative: Head in charge of Head of the financial Chen Hongguo accounting: department: Wang Chunfang Dong Lianming — 26 — II. Audit report Whether or not the first quarter report is audited □ Yes √ No Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited 26 April 2013 — 27 —